Fun with Purchasing: December 2024 DER Portal News
Digital Resource Ordering
Did you know you can order all year?
It's October and that means schools is in FULL swing. Did you miss a digital product that you have discovered you need for this school year! It's not too late to request demos and purchase. MISBO will work with our partners to get you pro-rated pricing if you decide you need a new product after the school year had already started.
Check out our new partners!
If you have not ordered before and would like assistance, e-mail ameliadaul@misbo.com
Partner Connect
Find Your Perfect Match With MISBO's Partner Connect
by Susan Kimmel
Let’s be honest, spending hours trying to find the perfect partner for your purchasing needs is so archaic. Who has the time (or patience) for that? Enter Partner Connect, MISBO's "dating app" to find your perfect MISBO Consortium Partner. It's like online dating but you know these matches have already been vetted and background checked!
Sora / Overdrive
Sora/Overdrive is a MISBO Partner
If you are interested in purchasing Sora/Overdrive through MISBO or if you're looking to renew your subscription, please reach out to Lindsay Crist Lawson at Sora/Overdrive directly.
Consortium Highlights
Capstone
Ignite Student-Teacher Connection with Create
PebbleGo Create features interactive workspaces for student-teacher connection. Students can use fun tools and templates to show what they've learned. Teachers can plan engaging lessons and activities based on PebbleGo Content, assess student learning, and monitor student work - directly from the PebbleGo Suite!
Email Amelia To Learn More About Create
DiscoveryEd
December Newsletter
Be sure to share this newsletter with your teachers as-is, or include parts of it in your weekly updates, social media posts, or LMS Groups. There is tons of great information your school would love to hear.
EBSCO
Beneifts of Adding Magazine Archives
See the beneifts of adding magazine archives to your library. Watch the video to see the many ways that EBSCO’s magazine archives can help students and support the curriculum.
FactCite
Request A Trial
Get a FactCite swag bag! FactCite is a collection of award-winning (and affordable) databases from Lincoln Library Press. Be ready for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, Black History Month, President’s Day, and other research projects with a free trial of MISBO’s partner, FactCite. Request a trial now and FactCite will send not only a swag bag, but project suggestions and research prompts for January and February, straight to your mailbox!
Learning A-Z
Weaving the Strands of The Writing Rope Together
Learning A-Z is excited to partner with Joan Sedita, founder of Keys to Literacy and author of The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects, to help educators use the latest research to support all their students in becoming skilled writers. Read more on the Learning A-Z blog.
SORA
End of Year Sale
Sora's End of Year Sale is happening NOW through 12/31/24! Check out some shopping lists and favorites Sora put together just for your library.
SWANK
Easy, Safe, & Legal
Movies continue to be an essential resource for teachers, but limited DVD equipment or polices related to the use of personal streaming often create barriers to access. Swank’s streaming library of 40,000+ movies and documentaries help overcome these barriers by providing a secure and legal source purpose-built for the educational environment.
TeachingBooks
New Year, New Beginnings
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- Explore titles on this Fresh Starts New Beginnings Staff Picks list.
- Watch the complete video reading for The Night Before New Year's
- Learn about the story and some of the traditions behind Gabriela!
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CONSORTIUM WEBINARS
Coffee Talk: ProQuest
Join Clarivate product manager Larry Wilkner for an overview of the SIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher research database solutions.
Thursday, January 16, 2024 | 11:00 AM (EST)
Coffee Talk: Sora
Join us for an exploration of Sora, MISBO’s digital library! Discover the student reading app that over 90 MISBO schools already use for ebooks and audiobooks, and learn how you can expand your school’s reading horizons with Sora.
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 11:00 AM (EST)
Coffee Talk: Learning A-Z
Join us to discover how the correlations within Raz Plus align to the different core programs that you are using so you can streamline your planning and provide additional resource support to what you are teaching in your Tier 1 instruction.
Wednesday, January 28, 2025 | 1:00 PM (EST)
helpful resources
MISBO has created a quick and easy way to view your Digital Educational Resource partners! Click the image below and see which partners you may be missing out on!
fun with purchasing blog by susan
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Savings All The Way!
by Susan Kimmel
Jingle bells, jingle bells, savings all the way! As the holiday season approaches, it's time to deck the halls and your school's budget with the benefits of MISBO's Purchasing Consortium. With pre-negotiated rates and partners that have already been thoroughly vetted, MISBO makes it easier than ever to unwrap the best deals for your school. No more sleigh rides through endless vendor lists—we've done the work so you can sit back, sip your cocoa, and focus on what matters most: the students.
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